-- On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 23:32:34 Gremlingts wrote: > . So, either the pistons may have holes in them, orhere's something else stopping it from building pressure. I'm thinking about >removing that to see if there's some kind of valves inside there, t stops gradually, like >there's no pressure to stop it from turning, or maybe no compression? im no compressor mechanic, but those small compressors usaly have flapper-type valves which can get gummed up. carefuly remove the heads, try to save the gaskets, and clean the flapper valves w/ solvent hope this helps , dwight , 3 amc gremlins Get your small business started at Lycos Small Business at http://www.lycos.com/business/mail.html